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The Choice for Public School: An Investigation into the Failure of Low-Income African-American Parents to Utilize School Vouchers in the Cleveland School District
(2009)
Cleveland, Ohio has one of the longest running voucher programs in the United States. The program began in 1995 by offering tuition scholarships and tuition assistance to students for $2,250. The program was implemented ...
PERCEPTIONS OF PARENTS OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES REGARDING INCLUSION
(2009)
This study compared perceptions of parents of children with and without disabilities attending an inclusive preschool program. One hundred and forty-nine participants in four states completed the Likert survey. The survey ...
Evaluation of a Laboratory Preschool: Utilizing a Theory Approach Logic Model
(2009)
Utilization-focused, process evaluations of university-based laboratory preschools in their associated role with teacher preparation programs are rare in current literature. The purpose of such studies is for administrators ...
An Examination of the Relationship Between Digital Literacy and Student Achievement in Texas Elementary Schools
(2009)
The proponents of digital literacy have been advocating its use in our schools and classrooms for a number of years. However, the empirical evidence on the impact of digital literacy on teaching and learning is nearly ...
SUCCESSFUL PRINCIPALS LEADING SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT IN
(2009)
School improvement is a hotly debated topic for school staffs and leaders. Over the past few decades, many models for school improvement have emerged, each determined to increase student achievement. Worldwide, schools ...
"MAKING A MAN OUT OF A BOY": MASCULINITY, MALE PRIVILEGE, AND MISEDUCATION IN THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
(2009)
This inquiry responds to a perceived "masculinity crisis" by examining the educational meanings and cultural values of "masculinization." (Pollack, 1998, 2000; Sommers, 2000; Gurian, 1996) Claiming that a masculinization ...
Building University Community: A Phenomenological Study of Faculty In Residence
(2009)
In this hermeneutic, phenomenological study, the Faculty In Residence (FIR) program at the University of Oklahoma is explored through the following guiding research questions:
The Impact of Interdisciplinary Lesson Study on Teachers' Instructional Decisions and Technology Use
(2009)
Schools are complex institutions in which change occurs almost constantly. As each new piece of information is learned, the learner is changed, never to return to the same state they were prior to the act of learning, ...
An Analysis of Teacher and School Administrator Technology Beliefs and Skills as They Enter Into a High Achieving Schools Program
(2009)
Teachers and administrators possess varied technology abilities and beliefs. In a study by Williams, Atkinson, Cate, and O'Hair (2008), technology integration and learning community development were positively related. ...
Clergypersons' Experience of Visiting Church Members in Pain: An Analysis in Terms of the Relational Theory of Pain and Implications for Pain Education and the UCC
(2009)
Using the methodology of narrative inquiry, the principal investigator traces, through her own narrative, the development and refinement of the relational theory of pain, a theory she postulated (Cunningham 1999). She ...